#1230 Thanksgiving and cultural heritage (Native Peoples Series Part 2) (Repost)
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🗓️ 27 November 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 11–27-2018
Today we take a look at the literal and figurative bloody messes of the history of Thanksgiving and the identities of native peoples
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: A Code Switch Thanksgiving Feast - Code Switch - Air Date 11-21-17
Exploring the conflicting narratives of American Thanksgiving.
We speak with indigenous historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. She is the author of "An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States" and co-author of "All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans."
Ch. 3: The stolen sisters Part 1 - In the Thick - Air Date 9-18-18
Maria and Julio speak about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement with Annita Lucchesi, a Southern Cheyenne cartographer who has built the largest database of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Ch. 4: Indigenous DNA - Science for the People - Air Date 1-5-17
Kim TallBear, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples Technoscience, on her book "Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science."
Ch. 5: The stolen sisters Part 2 - In the Thick - Air Date 9-18-18
Maria and Julio speak about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement with Annita Lucchesi, a Southern Cheyenne cartographer who has built the largest database of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Ch. 6: It's not just about the blood - Code Switch - Air Date 2-6-18
If you're Native American, who or what gets to define your identity? We dive into an old system intended to measure the amount of "Indian blood" a person has.
Native Americans across the country are criticizing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s decision to use a DNA test to assert her Native American heritage. We host a roundtable discussion of Native American activists and journalists to respond.
Indigenous historian Nick Estes discusses the ongoing attacks on native people, voter disenfranchisement, the Red Power movement and the latest on the fight against major oil and gas pipelines.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: The dangers of over-secrecy - Abdul from DC
Ch. 10: Final comments on #StandWithMashpee
TAKE ACTION!
Tell your members of Congress to support the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act (H.R. 5244 / S. 2628)
Learn more and find out how to support the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Share the tribe’s video on social media
Amplify the #StandwithMashpee hashtag
EDUCATE YOURSELF
The true story of the first Thanksgiving and what it meant (Opinion | Boston Globe)
Mashpee Wampanoag Confront 'Loss Of Self-Governance' After Interior Department Reversal (WBUR, Here & Now)
This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims (Huffington Post)
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| 0:57.0 | learn about the literal and figurative bloody messes of the history of Thanksgiving and the |
| 1:02.1 | identities of native peoples. |
| 1:04.0 | Clips today come from code switch, democracy now, in the thick science for the people and |
| 1:10.1 | intersected. |
| 1:11.1 | A lot of people out there are conflicted about this very American holiday and you know for |
| 1:21.3 | good reason. |
| 1:22.5 | People like Elizabeth Hoover, she's part Mohawk and she's an American studies professor |
| 1:26.1 | right brown university. |
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